Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

To install Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V on a ProLiant server, do the following:

• Make sure that the server selected for installation is listed in Table 5 and has the necessary support

for hardware-assisted virtualization.

• Make sure that any additional storage options added to the server are supported ProLiant storage

options.

• Make sure that NICs added to the server are supported ProLiant Gigabit Ethernet NICs.

• Go to the support and drivers page at

www.hp.com/support to obtain the supported ROM for

Windows Server 2008 R2 installations for the server.

• Make sure that Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 has been installed using the procedure outlined

in the document “Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on HP ProLiant servers.”

• If necessary, enable support for No-Execute and hardware-assisted virtualization in the RBSU.

• Use the RBSU to set date and time and to configure the boot controller order (if necessary).

• Use the Online RAID Configuration Utility (ORCA) to configure the RAID settings for the server.

• If installing HP Systems Insight Manager and agents, make sure that SNMP is loaded and the

service is started.

Enabling support for hardware-assisted virtualization in the RBSU

Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V uses an advanced processor feature known as hardware-assisted

virtualization. In most ProLiant servers, this feature is disabled by default and must be enabled prior to

installing Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. Enable hardware-assisted virtualization by following the

appropriate procedure in the following sections.

ProLiant servers with Intel processors

To enable support for hardware-assisted virtualization in the RBSU, complete the following steps:

1. Restart or power-on the server.

2. Access the RBSU by pressing F9 when prompted.

3. From the RBSU Menu, select Advanced Options.

4. From the Advanced Options menu, select Processor Options.

The “Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta on HP ProLiant servers” integration

note is available at

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00710606/c00710606.pdf.